NEW! A collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen and Juliet Cook is appearing in Issue #106 of Yellow Mama!

Blood splatters the chalkboard

like malicious bite marks
which coagulate, then flow like crimson ink
spelling out in perfect combination:
"Here's Johnny!"
as the enraged father figure/evil teacher/bus driver

spits in my face, screams at me for being
a finicky eater, insists I stick my pinky finger
inside the pencil sharpener
and I do so—obediently, though it hurts.

in "Dire Wolf Consequences", a collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen and Juliet Cook, which is appearing in Yellow Mama Issue #106!

Preceded by art created by Keith Coats Walker!

Here's a link to the collaboration, but read Daniel's individual poems in this issue too, as well as investigating some of the other creepy fiction and poetry and art!

https://blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/id3342.html

NEW! Two of Juliet Cook's creepy poems are newly appearing in Cul-de-sac of Blood!

Juliet Cook has two new short poems appearing in Cul-de-sac of Blood!

Usually when I have new poems up, I share a few lines from one of the poems, but this time I'm sharing Cul-de-sac of Blood's description of my poems because I love their description!

Furthermore, after you read the two poems, if interested you can click on "Learn More About These Poems".

Here's what Cul-de-sac said about my poems:

"Rotting bear dolls & chicken brains erase our heads & replace them with images of themselves, & though we might not have a name for this process, Juliet Cook’s poems show us what it feels like to find ourselves somewhere between foreground & background."

Read the poems HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/juliet-cook-3

This photo of Henry Spencer (played by Jack Nance) in Eraserhead (directed by David Lynch) initially inspired the first poem.

Only a few copies left of Juliet Cook's CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR...

Juliet Cook's poetry chapbook CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR (published by Gutter Snob Books in 2023) is now Sold Out/Out of Stock from Gutter Snob Books, BUT you can still acquire a copy directly from Cook, from her Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1527609127/new-contorted-doom-conveyor-a-poetry

Also too, here's a recent review of Cook's CONTORTED DOOM CONVEYOR. Thank you very muck to Cat Russell!

"If you love creepy visceral poetry, Juliet Cook is the best poet you could possibly read! Imagery from your worst nightmares combined with vulnerability and insight, you're sure to love this book."

NEW! Four of Juliet Cook's Poems are making an appearance in A Thin Slice of Anxiety

"Your feelings are muzzled tightly

around the neck, wrapped

cloak of silence."

Juliet Cook is delighted to have four poems appearing in A Thin Slice of Anxiety!

Read more HERE - http://www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2024/09/poetry-selections-from-juliet-cook.html?m=1

FREE online version of Juliet Cook's poetry chapbook, The Rabbits With Red Eyes!

Hello there poetry friends and fans whoever you might be. Juliet Cook's poetry chapbook, "The Rabbits With Red Eyes" (published by Ethel Zine & Micro-Press in 2020) can now be read online for FREE here! - https://ethelzine.com/the-rabbits-with-red-eye

Simply click on that ethel zine link and then click on the red cover of the chapbook.

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I can't even be in charge of my own body,
so what makes me think I can save anyone else.
He says I smell like pepper, but that doesn't mean I am
strong enough to fight back.

The pepper works itself into my eyes and blinds me,
but even if I am temporarily numbed,
I will never be like him, I will never tear others apart
for no reason other than brutal force.

All he wants to do is destroy
in order to feel like his body is stronger.

in the poem "Pepper" which appears in this chapbook.

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ALSO, although the print copy of this chapbook is now SOLD OUT from Ethel, Cook has a few copies left, so if you might be interested in acquiring one of those few remaining print copies, you can check it out and/or grab one up in the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/792299569/the-rabbits-with-red-eyes-by-juliet-cook

But to reiterate, the new online version is totally free and here's a link to that free version again - https://www.ethelzine.com/the-rabbits-with-red-eyes.

Just click on that link and then click on the chapbook cover for The Rabbits With Red Eyes and you can read the poems for free.

NEW! Juliet Cook's Theme Park of Garbage is making an appearance in Trailer Park Quarterly!

Juliet Cook is excited and delighted to have her Theme Park of Garbage appearing in Trailer Park Quarterly Volume 15 (and looking forward to reading all the other poems too)! Yay!

Here's a link to Cook's poem - https://trailerparkquarterly.com/volume-15/juliet-cook/

Here's a link to the whole issue - https://trailerparkquarterly.com/volume-15/

Descending hisses live underneath
the floor, generate continual seepage.

A NEW Summer Flock of Thirteen Myna Birds has arrived!

It has been a few months since a NEW Thirteen Myna Birds flock has come forth into the world, but here it is! https://13myna.blogspot.com/

It starts with a poem from the latest Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "White Octopus" by Davide Nixon and then includes creative delights by M.P. Strayer, Mark J. Mitchell, Josey M., Paula Cary, Daniel G. Snethen, and Merritt Waldon!

Please do partake of this new Summer 2024 flock of Thirteen Myna Birds HERE - https://13myna.blogspot.com/

And please help spread the words!

"Doom, says the old dog adjusting to the end - The cyclical madness of existence - She rose, straightened her long spine, set off for a science with no strict clocks or counters - the whippoorwill screams to a sky full of cobwebs - Nestled within, a yellow spider with a clown face upon its abdomen - Messages from other realities - Eyes white, rolling backwards into the ivory skull - where does this building end and the earth begin? - in maniacal surround clown sound - I found myself mesmerized by the grinning of the clown - The world around her is burning - Fluid rivers of furious - the sucking hungry silence of a thousand people holding their breath - A SHATTERED DEER BLEATS DESPERATELY IN A ROADSIDE DITCH - Are there any ears - I handed you the knife - To catch one winged Critter..."

A New Review of EVIL ME by MISH (Blood Pudding Press, 2020) - Reviewed by Alex S. Johnson

A new review of MISH's poetry chapbook, "EVIL ME" (published by Blood Pudding Press in 2020). Reviewed by Alex S. Johnson.

After reading the review, you can find out more and/or acquire your own copy of "EVIL ME" from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/856406887/evil-me-by-mish-2020-blood-pudding-press

"Mish Murphy is an educator and poet, among many other things. Her observations are keen and her lines are wickedly inscribed into the page, bearing the impress of years. She can read French and Russian and negotiate the nuances of Nicolai Gogol, or render judgment on whether Sisyphus should truly be considered happy, while at the same time sitting back with a glass of vodka rocks in one hand and a joint in the other, easing life's cruelties with class, sophistication and a sense of humor that transcends the usual hipster scorn. She has been there and done that. You should keep your eyes peeled for her future products. As for this particular production, it is lovingly hand-crafted by Juliet Cook, trailing tactile eccentricity. I highly recommend encountering Mish's Evil Me. You'll find a lot to admire."

And now two more new collaborative poems are up at Unlikely Stories, by Daniel Snethen and Juliet Cook - "Paisley Purpled Political Head Rotation" and "Until All Hope Is Gone"!

And now two more collaborative poems appearing at Unlikely Stories, by Daniel Snethen and Juliet Cook - "Paisley Purpled Political Head Rotation" and "Until All Hope Is Gone".

Thank you very much to Unlikely Stories!

"In this dream, they wished to be the captains

of a tiny ship swimming in a tidy kitchen sink.

Then the sink massively expanded.

In this nightmare, the ship ended

in an enormous public restroom

urinal about to be flushed."

read more HERE - https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/paisley-purpled-political-head-rotation-and-until-all-hope-is-gone

NEW! Two collaborative poems by Juliet Cook and Alex S. Johnson are making an appearance in Unlikely Stories - "Momia's Metamorphoses" and "Momia's Mauled Metamorphoses" !

Alex S. Johnson and Juliet Cook have two collaborative poems, "Momia's Metamorphoses" and "Momia's Mauled Metamorphoses" on Unlikely Stories Mark V!

Thank you very much to Unlikely Stories!

"I don't fit inside a doll house

I am not a vampire, but I endlessly sleep in a coffin

Bloodless. I scare little girls

without even speaking. Stale swaths

of dirty hair are stuck inside my mouth

Cover my dead eyes. I want to turn my hair

into flying insects. I want to turn my head

around and around in different directions"

Read more HERE - https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/momias-metamorphoses-and-momias-mauled-metamorphoses